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Last week, I wrote about Puget Sound Energy’s 2012 snowstorm report and comments from a state regulator on it. It seems to me like PSE is more interested in its image than the plight of its customers when there’s a power outage. The report had comments such as hiring about 20 photographers to post photos […]
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Will you be attending a parade or community event? Visiting a cemetery or the Seattle Veterans Museum? Going out to dinner? Enjoying a day at home? Shopping? You might want to visit the Seattle Veterans Museum today. Todd Crooks, who started the Museum, said he can no longer keep up with rent payments, according to […]
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State utility regulators are fining Puget Sound Energy $250,000 for violating a 2010 order that required the utility to review and correct specific customer accounts. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved a multi-party settlement of a lawsuit that alleged 515 violations of a 2010 order. The parties include commission staff, PSE, the Public […]
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Have you voted yet? Secretary of State Sam Reed said 81 percent of Washington voters are expected to vote, just short of the 84.6 percent record set in 2008. You can get your ballot postmarked at a post office before it closes today or drop it off at a ballot drop box. Log into the […]
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Friday, I wrote an article on Puget Sound Energy’s performance during the January 2012 snowstorm. Monday, I interviewed Jeff Goltz, chair of the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission, the agency that regulates investor-owned utilities including PSE, about PSE’s “January 2012 Pacific Northwest Snowstorm – After Action Review.” Goltz said the commission has no position […]
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